WEBSITE INGREDIENTS Six Revisions Infographic 31% of websites use the PHP development language. 21% use Microsoft's ASP.net. 1.96% use Ruby On Rails. 36% use the HTML markup language. That compares to the 65.1% that uses XHTML (some use both). THOUGHT: Too few communications pros--be they in the advertising, marketing, public relations, or media industries--have … [Read more...]
Communism 2.0
Since I've been going on about the open source movement this week, I thought I'd republish for you a piece I did originally for the May 25, 207 issue of the Politics In Minnesota newsletter: It's often amusingly accurate: The type of technology you favor often predicts your ideological leanings. Mac users, for example, are passionate about their computers and can often be … [Read more...]
Open Source Vs. Proprietary?
I've recently been looking into a lot of open source web-based technology and I've become more and more impressed with the solutions. Most of the Web 2.0 technology is built using open source software or platforms of one type or another. Open source solutions can be particularly appealing to small businesses and nonprofits, primarily because they are free. There are … [Read more...]